NANNY EXPERIENCES

[Desert Spyder]

I've had the Nanny go off many times on my RS and RT. Back in 09? when everyone needed the steering update recall done she went into LM about 2-3 mi from the shop while going home. I turned around, went back, they hooked up the BUDS, I take off and it went into LM again at the very same spot. I went back and the shop said the computer needed to be reformatted per BRP. Another time, same bike, I was going to Big Bear, no problem but coming back home the Nanny came on in front of an abandoned radio repeater. On a second trip to Big Bear she did it again at the same spot. Nothing happened on 10 ft away going to BB. The building is empty BTW. Another time I got hit by a blast of wind near the Glen Helen exit on I-15. I suddenly steered into the wind and the Nanny kicked in. In all three occurrences I just pull the key and get behind the bike or flip the switch 3 times and everything was ok. I do this on the RT too. The Nanny can strike at anytime for no reason.

 

[Woodsrider]

I say hi to Nanny most every ride. Interstate on/off ramps. I lean out and over and push the corners as hard as I can. Nanny will back off the throttle a bit but I really do force it....my motto is push the corner till Nanny screams.

 

[RandyL]

I say hi to Nanny most every ride. Interstate on/off ramps. I lean out and over and push the corners as hard as I can. Nanny will back off the throttle a bit but I really do force it....my motto is push the corner till Nanny screams.

Same thing whenever I ride my wife's ST-S. I'm still riding on two wheels and would have switched to a Spyder if the nanny was somehow adjustable like virtually every other vehicle made with such computerized safety controls. I'm sure BRP is very liability conscious, but it is also costing them at least a few sales with the intrusive nature of the system and the inability to adjust it.

 

[Yazz]

I say hi to Nanny most every ride. Interstate on/off ramps. I lean out and over and push the corners as hard as I can. Nanny will back off the throttle a bit but I really do force it....my motto is push the corner till Nanny screams.

:2thumbs:

 

[daveinva]

I can ride pretty spiritedly without setting the Nanny off-- helps having a better sway-bar and aftermarket shocks.

That said, there's no fun in staying on the good side of the Nanny, i.e. I set it off pretty frequently in the twisties, to the point that I've modified my riding to *incorporate* the inevitably power-cut to the rear. Depending on when you gas it out, the power-cut to the rear wheel will sometimes act like a locked wheel on dirt, allowing you to "kick out" the rear and take the corner sharper. Not something you want to try your first time out, but over time with cautious, deliberate practice, it gets predictable.

The "worst" Nanny experience I've ever had was after riding a slew of off-camber mountain roads out in West Virginia one weekend, I engaged the Nanny so many times in a row that eventually the whole Spyder went into limp mode. Had to do the "pull the key and walk away for a while" deal to get the mode to reset. Still, was only annoying, it wasn't scary.

 

[xinu]

First and last experience with Nanny...

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?58122-Saved-by-VSS-thank-god-for-VSS!

 

[aeroshots]

Thank you nanny

Okay, hears mine. In the last 30 minutes of a 12 hour trip the sky's opened up and dumped rain in buckets. We were on an interstate with no place to hide. It was one of those drenching's that even the cages were pulling onto the shoulder with flashers going. It can be debated if I should have pulled over too, but at the time I felt more vulnerable to being hit at roadside. Well, on a long right sweeper at 65 mph or so the rear wheel tried to pass me. I started to put in counter steer when she took control and before I knew it we were strait as an arrow and maybe 55 mph. I noticed something to my left and looked directly at two cages in contact with each other coming to a stop in the ditch.
Additional information--700 or so total miles on the Spyder at the time so tires were in very good condition.

 

[ARCTIC]

Lots of you are talking about barely noticeable encounters. ..... in a hard corner I'm getting a fall on your face throttle chop followed by the return of full power. There's nothing smooth about it. Sometimes I even get a little backfire.:dontknow:

 

[donkes]

:agree::agree: let's hear about your nanny get togethers

Now that was funny

 

[SPYDERGUY1]

nanny

Many years ago, did a hard right turn coming into the homestretch, and actuall lifted the right front wheel off the ground, INSTANT NANNY, freaked me out but know what it is and the limits of the spyder. Nanny kicked in numerous times burning off the rear wheel. Also kicked in the other day going around a corner that had not been swept yet, new exactly what it was and handled perfectly, kept on going. The nanny is both good and bad.:yes: